Among the greatest tenors of all time, an Italian "voice" in the world, an absolute interpreter of bel canto and the Neapolitan tradition, but also a caricaturist, an entrepreneur of himself and the embodiment of a personal social redemption. Right in the midst of celebrations for the 150th anniversary of his birth, Enrico Caruso (Feb. 25, 1873 - A...
READ MOREThere is a big heart that has been celebrating Italy, Christmas, children and the musical traditions of our country for almost twenty years in New York. It does so with commitment, courage, talent, and an infinite love and pride for its Italian roots. It is the heart of Cristina Fontanelli, artist, singer, producer, who every year in December organ...
READ MOREWe renamed our theater “The Enrico Caruso Piccolo Teatro” (This sign now located on railing as you walk downstairs to Theater and Learning Lab). We were gifted 12 old Theater chairs that Aldo Mancusi acquired and refinished for his theater 30 years ago. He dedicated Piccolo Teatro to famed Soprano and benefactor of ECMA Licia Albanese and Michael S...
READ MOREThe centenarians are an opportunity to remember three artists, who have represented and spread Italian culture in the world by bringing the nineteenth-century myth of the tenor into modernity, through a virtual exhibition entitled Caruso, Corelli, Di Stefano - Italian Opera Legends. The exhibition is an initiative by the Italian Ministry of Foreign...
READ MOREFriday, June 17 @ 7:30 pm. At the Italian Center: 6821 Fair Oaks Blvd, Carmichael, CA 95608. Admission $10. Doors Open at 7:00 pm , Film at 7:30 pm. Refreshments Included. Mario Lanza, "The American Caruso," stars in this film which traces the life of Italian tenor Enrico Caruso (1893-1921), one of the greatest tenors of all time. The film is a stu...
READ MORENel 1921 moriva a Napoli Enrico Caruso, uno dei cantanti più famosi della storia. Quello stesso anno nascevano due dei tenori di riferimento del secolo scorso: Giuseppe Di Stefano e Franco Corelli, che al Teatro alla Scala sono stati protagonisti di spettacoli leggendari. Per celebrare i tre grandi tenori, che hanno rappresentato la cultura italian...
READ MOREFor the first time ever, the legendary Enrico Caruso has appeared on film in both sound and vision. A hundred years after his death, images of the great Neapolitan tenor have been reunited with his voice by the Cineteca di Bologna in a restoration of the 1918 film "My Cousin" - the only surviving film of an originally silent pair in which he appear...
READ MORE"Le culture italiana e americana dello spettacolo hanno sempre interagito in modi complessi sin dai tempi del muto, fino ad arrivare all’attuale 'dominio' di registi e attori italo-americani a Hollywood. Questa interazione si è svolta all’interno di un ciclo di reciproche influenze e di reciproci utilizzi, sebbene il contributo degli attori italian...
READ MOREEnrico Caruso was born in Naples Italy in 1873 into a working class neighborhood. His father was a mechanic who expected his son to follow his trade. His mother objected and he was sent to be educated where his clear angelic voice was discovered in a church choir, and his singing career was born. Whether or not you are Italian or an opera buff, the...
READ MOREThe topic we are addressing this time, among the many that trace the relationship between Italy and the United States from different angles, concerns Italian opera and the Italian Americans. Professor Davide Ceriani is a musicologist who teaches at Rowan University (Glassboro, NJ). A few months ago, he gave a multimedia presentation at the Library...
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